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Detroit,Michigan 48202
313.577.1795
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies

Bachelor of Music in Music Education

Bachelor of Music in Music Business

Bachelor of Music in Music Technology

Bachelor of Music in Performance

Bachelor of Music in Composition

Minor in Music

Master of Arts in Music

Master of Music in Composition and Theory

Master of Music in Conducting

Master of Music in Performance - Instrumental

Master of Music in Performance - Vocal

Master of Music in Performance - Jazz


The Department of Music cultivates music as a contemporary and global art, grounded in a long historical tradition, by combining higher education with professional training and experience for its undergraduate and graduate/professional students. The Department offers students of music opportunities to learn, grow, and develop their skills and disciplines in an urban cultural setting. With close proximity to Detroit's cultural center, students have access to the resources of such premiere institutions as the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Opera House, and Orchestra Hall. The long historical relationship between the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Department allows students to study and coach with exceptional guest artists and resident artist-faculty who are specialists in all musical styles and media. Building on the strengths of its geographic and cultural setting, the Department maintains public access to its performances and degree programs, offers high-level professional and academic standards and unique creative and scholarly opportunities appropriate to a large research university, and cultivates a deep aesthetic understanding of music in our students and the larger urban arts community.

Faculty Info:

Dwight Adams, Jonathan Anderson, Gerrie Ball, Douglas Bianchi, Jacek Blaszkiewicz, Karl Braunschweig, Frances Brockington, Kazimierz Brzozowski, Glenn Burdette, Abigail Butler, Leith Campbell, Neal Campbell, Vincent Chandler, Marcy Chanteaux, Keith Claeys, Christopher Collins, Robert Conway, Damien Crutcher, Gerald Custer, Sean Dobbins, Kimwana Doner-Chandler, Joshua Duchan, Dorothy Duensing, Norah Duncan, Gordon Finlay, Kelly Foreman, James Fusik, Edward Gooch, Gary Hellick, Paul Keller, John Kennedy, Ronald Kischuk, Ann Marie Koukios, Betty Lane, Laura Larson, Jonathan Lasch, Caitlin Lynch, John Madison, Kypros Markou, Sam Martin, Steven Mastrogiacomo, Eldonna May, Steven McGhee, Michael Mcgowan, Russell Miller, Clifford Monear, Charles Newsome, Una O'Riordan, Mary Paquette-Abt, Joo Won Park, Gene Parker, Jeremy Peters, Robert Pipho, Ronald Prowse, Brian Roberts, Laura Roelofs, Matthew Schoendorff, Marcus Schoon, Stephanie Shapiro, Michael Shellabarger, Sharon Sparrow, Marian Tanau, David Taylor, Patricia Terry-Ross, Brandon Waddles, Stanley Waldon, Mary Wischusen, Hai Xin Wu, Johanna Yarbrough.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Head Over Heels by Charlotte Caffey
(4/8/22 - 4/24/22)
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MARY POPPINS in Broadway MARY POPPINS
(4/3/20 - 4/19/20)
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MAMMA MIA! in Broadway MAMMA MIA!
(4/13/19 - 4/22/19)
CAST
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AVENUE Q in Broadway AVENUE Q
(9/21/18 - 10/7/18)
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SISTER ACT
(4/13/18 - 4/22/18)
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LEGALLY BLONDE
(4/14/17 - 4/23/17)
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URINETOWN
(4/17/15 - 4/26/15)
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GUYS & DOLLS
(4/11/14 - 4/20/14)
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Major Barbara
(4/6/12 - 5/5/12)
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HAIRSPRAY
(4/13/12 - 4/22/12)
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Summer and Smoke
(2/24/12 - 4/21/12)
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Frank Langella's Cyrano
(1/13/12 - 3/10/12)
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The Cripple of Inishmaan
(12/2/11 - 2/4/12)
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Much Ado About Nothing
(10/28/11 - 11/19/11)
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Noises Off
(10/14/11 - 10/23/11)
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A Day in Hollywood
(9/23/11 - 10/15/11)
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